JAKARTA: The Indonesian Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry will seek Malaysia’s support for its proposal for UNESCO world heritage status for the Spice Route, Indonesian news agency (ANTARA)

reported.

The ministry’s director of cultural development and utilization, Irini Dewi Wanti, said that her side will seek support through a cultural cruise program entitled the “Cultural Goodwill of the Spice Route” (MBJR), with Malacca, Malaysia, as one of the route destinations.

“A meeting will be held between Indonesia and Malaysia in Malacca by raising the issue of shared cultural heritage to strengthen the friendship between the two countries,” she told the Military Sealift Command pier here on Friday.

She said that through the meeting, her side will gather support for the proposal for getting the Spice Route recognized as a UNESCO world heritage.

Since 2016, the ministry has actively held discussions on UNESCO world heritage status for the Spice Route.

In 2020, the efforts were intensified w
ith the implementation of the Spice Route Cultural Caravan voyage on the Arka Kinari ship.

Source: Emirates News Agency